HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - April 19, 2000 E-15CITY OF LORI COUNCIL COMMUNICATION
AGENDA TITLE: Request for Proposal for Pay Telephone Services
MEETING DATE: April 19th, 2000
SUBMITTED BY: Information Systems Manager
RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council allow staff to request proposals for pay
telephone services.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The City of Lodi desires to ensure that highly reliable,
extensively available public pay telephone service is
provided to its citizens, visitors and others who wish to place
calls from a City owned or leased property. The purpose of the Request for Proposal (RFP) is to secure
these types of services and associated maintenance for all pay telephones located on City of Lodi
property. The pay telephone services will include and shall be synonymous with public telephones, pay
telephones, payphones, and public access telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD).
Currently the City of Lodi has an immediate need for 3 payphones at the Transit Station located 24 South
Sacramento Street. The City also has existing contracted payphones located at various public and semi-
public sites within the City limits. It is the wish of the City of Lodi to maximize revenue generated from
these sites as well as provide vendors a chance to competitively bid on providing payphone services. The
City of Lodi also wishes to provide "enhanced" access for the hearing impaired citizens of our community
by installing TDD equipped payphones at the Police/Court lobby locations and the Transit Station.
Various payphones at City locations either generate minimal revenues or cost the City money. It is the
goal of the RFP process to solicit revenue generating pay telephones and service.
Respectfully submitted,
Stan Helmle
Information Systems Manager
Prepared by Mark White, Information Systems Coordinator
cc: Joel Harris Purchasing Officer
APPROVED:
. Dixob Flynn -- aitymanager